FSU Students Take First Place at BEA Documentary Competition

Students from FSU’s Digital Media Production program (DMPP) won first place at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Student Documentary Competition for 641 Muriel Court. Kyle Jones, Deanna Kidd, Michael Walsh and Elijah Howard are the students behind 641 Muriel Court, a documentary uncovering the 1966 triple-murder of the Sims family in Tallahassee, Fla. The case grew …

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Raney to chair featured research symposium at BEA

Dr. Arthur A. Raney, Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication, and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver, Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory in the College of Communications at Penn State University, will chair the Research Symposium at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) annual convention in Las Vegas in …

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Raney to deliver senior-scholar lecture at BEA symposium

Dr. Arthur A. Raney, associate professor and director of doctoral studies in the School of Communication, has been invited to deliver a senior-scholar lecture at the Broadcast Education Association’s featured research symposium April 10 in Las Vegas. BEA is one of the largest gatherings of broadcasting and cable educators in the world, and this year’s …

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Media Production students capture 4 awards at national festival

Students in the School of Communication’s Media Production program won four awards, including a Best of Festival, in the Broadcast Education Association’s 2011 Festival of Media Arts national competition. The awards will be presented in Las Vegas in April. More than 900 entries from 143 colleges and universities were submitted in the following competition categories: …

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2 from Media Production take top honors at BEA festival

Two students who learned their craft in the School of Communication’s Media Production program took top honors at the 2010 Festival of Media Arts awards in Las Vegas on April 16. Dave Dorsey, a senior majoring in Media Production, and Ian Weir, a Media Production alumnus now pursuing graduate studies at FSU’s Film School, won …

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